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Topic: Do I Need to Fast for Any of these Tests? (Read 14122 times)

I have my blood draw tomorrow and normally the nurse will handwrite write "Fast for 24 hours" on the sheet, but none of the sheets have the notation..I dont always have to fast but its been so long since my last test that I figured I would have too again this time.

I have my blood draw tomorrow and normally the nurse will handwrite write "Fast for 24 hours" on the sheet, but none of the sheets have the notation..I dont always have to fast but its been so long since my last test that I figured I would have too again this time.

I have my blood draw tomorrow and normally the nurse will handwrite write "Fast for 24 hours" on the sheet

24 hours? That's brutal. I've always been told to "fast" after 9 p.m. and have the blood work done some time before 11 a.m. the next day.

Then again, they know your history and your nasty habits. They probably figured that it takes a full day for all that lard running through your veins and liver to properly settle.

Muchos besos,

La Moon, who is about to eat some fabulous Vietnamese food. Cry your heart out, Guillermina.

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The only test that requires fasting (from those you listed) is the comprehensive metabolic profile. This test also includes a blood glucose test. This panel checks all of you electrolytes and liver and kidney functions.

I've never seen a test sheet that didn't have it notated if it required fasting.

Wolfie

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Hey Will:For the quan TB gold - you may want to check w/ lab ---- when I have had this done at quest, they only do it certain times of the day because it has to be picked up from the lab and processed stat in order to be accurate... Wouldn't want you to go there and only be able to get some of the labs done and have to go back for that one...

When you say "fried pork chop". Are you frying the pork chop in a fryer? Like fried chicken?

No silly. In a skillet you Just lay down enough oil to cover about half way up your chop and fry away. Then you use the leftover grease to make your Gravy by adding flower and milk and whisking the hell out of it. Amirite Jeff!

Hey Will:For the quan TB gold - you may want to check w/ lab ---- when I have had this done at quest, they only do it certain times of the day because it has to be picked up from the lab and processed stat in order to be accurate... Wouldn't want you to go there and only be able to get some of the labs done and have to go back for that one...

Ah, thats why it says Mon-Weds 8am to noon only (handwritten of course)

nasty slimy okra is disgusting. (although a spear or two simmered in a pot of beans for flavoring is ok - just don't eat it) the only way to properly cook okra is to coat in flour and fry. although pickled okra is interesting once in a full blue moon.

nasty slimy okra is disgusting. (although a spear or two simmered in a pot of beans for flavoring is ok - just don't eat it) the only way to properly cook okra is to coat in flour and fry. although pickled okra is interesting once in a full blue moon.

Come on man! You call yourself a true Southerner? Yes, Fried Okra is the SHIT, but Boiled okra with sliced toms and onion in it is tops too! and I LOVE pickled Okra also.

i like your new pic willy. for someone who eats as bad as everyone says you eat, you have nice physique (sp?) lol

Honey chile, please. She's been using the same set of pictars from circa 1998 here and on her grndr profiles.

By the way, Guillermina... I echo what Doxie and Mike said before: slimy okra = vomititious. Not only you eat whipped shit from a drive-thru on a regular basis, whenever you "cook" you come up with nasteh stuff.

To quote you: "sux for your hubby" (or whatever twink you may be courting these days)

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Word. And have you noticed how all of a sudden this is evolving into "[Mal]Nutrition, Wumpette Style -- Part Deux"?

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However, Wolfie got it right, only the metabolic panel requires a fast. CBC, technically, does not require it, but if you pour too much lard down just before, your plasma will look like milk and the lab instrumentation will not be able to count your cells. I know, more info than you can handle, so..........

I've never been told to fast for the CBC. I was going to next time, because my glucose has been like 112, and I wanted to see what it is when fasting. Although, as I understand it, 112 would be expected after a meal, but it always flags as high.

I have never been tested for chlamydia, but I guess that's one you'd probably know you had? And, what's an immunodeficiency panel? I've never heard of that. CD4 and all that?

I've never been told to fast for the CBC. I was going to next time, because my glucose has been like 112, and I wanted to see what it is when fasting. Although, as I understand it, 112 would be expected after a meal, but it always flags as high.

I have never been tested for chlamydia, but I guess that's one you'd probably know you had? And, what's an immunodeficiency panel? I've never heard of that. CD4 and all that?

You do know that a CBC and a glucose test are not the same, right?You SHOULD fast for a glucose, unless it is taken as a post-prandial test.

You do know that a CBC and a glucose test are not the same, right?You SHOULD fast for a glucose, unless it is taken as a post-prandial test.

M

Yeah, but isn't the glucose usually a part of the CBC? I know it always lists glucose on the CBC report. Perhaps they just list it under the CBC. I've never had a glucose specific test, where I was told to fast. The only time I've been told to fast was for the lipid screens.

Yeah, but isn't the glucose usually a part of the CBC? I know it always lists glucose on the CBC report. Perhaps they just list it under the CBC. I've never had a glucose specific test, where I was told to fast. The only time I've been told to fast was for the lipid screens.

Thank You Mikey. You appear to be the only sane person in this thread other than me.

-Will

For the longest time, and after hearing all the jokes about your eating habits, I pictured you as chunky. I think there are also jokes bout lack of physical activity. I pictured you eating that country fried steak and then lying on the couch to watch one of the Housewives series followed by a rerun of Walker Texas Ranger, with a tub of ice cream.

So, how do you stay in shape? Do you exercise, or are physically active at work or home? Good genes? Or, are all the jokes very, very exaggerated?

My new doctor tells me to always fast for my blood tests, so did my other doctor that used to send me to Quest. When I do fast it's usually for at least 8 hours. I wake up late so I schedule my appointment so I can get up and get ready and head straight for the appointment.

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My new doctor tells me to always fast for my blood tests, so did my other doctor that used to send me to Quest. When I do fast it's usually for at least 8 hours. I wake up late so I schedule my appointment so I can get up and get ready and head straight for the appointment.

I think I have been told a handful of times in the last 20 years to fast. I usually try to get my bloodwork done at the same time of day, but that's something I have done entirely on my own.

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